Ditto!!
> On Nov 25, 2016, at 1:34 PM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > > Think about it -- those who offer large discounts for special sales are not > losing money, they have large markups built in, and are simply reducing them > for that sale. Elecraft sells direct, with no commission to "dealers" who do > nothing but ship boxes in and out the door, and they price their products as > low as they can and still stay in business. Remember that the equipment they > sell must support telephone support, a service department to do both > in-warranty and out of warranty repairs, engineers who work on the design of > future products, others who do the work to put those designs into production, > administrative people who do the billing, customer contact, purchasing of > parts, accounting, filing tax returns, and so on. > > As a ham for 60 years, I've watched dozens of ham companies go out of > business because they didn't understand their market, or priced their > products too low or too high, failed to treat customers with respect, and so > on. Ten Tec and Alpha are two formerly great US companies that have failed > to make a profit and "reorganized." The remains of both companies have been > acquired by companies 3-6 times removed from the originals, and the acquirers > are trying to get going again. Both are skeleton operations, doing their best > to service legacy products. > > I'm happy to pay Elecraft whatever Eric and Wayne think they need to stay in > business, support existing customers, and continue to lead the industry. The > level at which they have chosen to work ain't cheap. If you want a big > discount, go to HRO's website and look at their "deal" on a TS590SG. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > On Fri,11/25/2016 1:04 PM, Paul Clay via Elecraft wrote: >> Level of discount silly and not at all in keeping with the concept of a >> "Black Friday" sale, IMHO. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to phys...@mac.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
